Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Thursday, January 31, 1963 @ 2105 		POINTER (1959 - 1975 Container, trailer and flat transport carrier 224 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

POINTER leaves Ardrossan for Larne on her regular trailer service
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage608
Outward cargoTrailersGross Tonnage1,208
Master of vessel on sailingP Lynch
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers

Arrival

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0235 		SPANIEL (1955-1973 Coaster handling containers, trailers and flats, 224 feet long of Link Line/ Coast Line : 1981 Scrapped at Aviles, Spain) Own Page

SPANIEL arrives in Ardrossan on her regular trailer service from Larne
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Master of vessel on arrivalV. Sheppard
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailers
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers

Arrival

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0420 		GOODWILL (1958-1968 General cargo coaster 60m long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam) Own Page

GOODWILL arrives at Ardrossan from Larne on her regular container service
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour Net Tonnage288
Master of vessel on arrivalM TighelaarGross Tonnage499
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersDeadweght Tonnage928
Ships agentAtlantic Steam Navigation, Ardrossan

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0640 		STAR OF FAITH ( in 1962 LH77 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page
Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0640 		CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page
Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0640 		SILVER CREST (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler LH 316) Own Page
Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

News Event

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0800 		Own Page

Coasters at Irvine Harbour in February 1963
Ship's locationIrvine Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

 

 

IRVINE HARBOUR  (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

 

 

 

January 1963

 

28th  LADY McGOWAN arrives light from London

 

31st LADY ROSLIN arrives light from Liverpool

 

       PRINSES IRENE arrives with 769 tons of Potash from Antwerp

 

       GLENCLOY arrives with 90 tons of stobs from Kingairloch

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 1963

 

1st PRINSES IRENE leaves light for Cardiff

 

3rd LADY ROSLIN leaves with 111 tons of explosives for Liverpool

 

4th HANS arrives light from Ardrossan

 

     GLENCLOY leaves light for Troon

 

6th HANS leaves with 288 tons of seed oats for Dublin

 

8th LADY ANSTRUTHER arrives with 11 tons of explosives from Dublin

 

9th LADY McGOWAN leaves with 500 tons of explosives for London

 

10th LADY ANSTRUTHER leaves with 57 tons of explosives for Zeebrugge

 

13th SAINT ANGUS arrives light from Belfast

 

14th SAINT ANGUS leaves with 98 tons of explosives for Milford Haven

 

17th SAINT ANGUS arrives light from Milford Haven

 

18th LADY McGOWAN arrives with 1 ton of explosives from London

 

       SAINT ANGUS leaves with 43 tons of explosives for Carrickfergus

 

19th LADY ANSTRUTHER arrives light from Zeebrugge

 

       SAINT ANGUS arrives in ballast from Carrickfergus

 

       LADY McGOWAN leaves with 132 tons of explosives for London

 

20th SAINT ANGUS leaves in ballast for Garston

 

22nd LADY ROSLIN arrives light from (unreadable)

 

       LADY ANSTRUTHER leaves with 306 tons of explosives for Milford Haven

 

25th REEDWARBLER arrives with 429 tons of flint from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

 

26th LADY McGOWAN arrives

 

       MAYTHORN arrives light from Londonderry

 

       LADY ROSLIN leaves with 44 tons of explosives for Dublin

 

      MAYTHORN leaves with 59 tons of pipes for Kirkwall

 

27th LADY ANSTRUTHER arrives

 

       REEDWARBLER leaves light for Garston

 

28th LADY ROSLIN arrives with 9 tons of empty drums

  

Harbour Event

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0900 		Own Page

Blasting at Ardrossan Harbour

From "The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald" dated 1st February 1963

During alterations at Ardrossan Harbour this week it was found necessary to do some blasting, of which the local authority had previously been informed.

Harbour Event

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 0900 		Meteor Own Page

Cruise ship "Meteor" to call at Ardrossan
Port of RegistryBergen, Norway

From "The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald" dated 1st February 1963

The National Trust for Scotland's cruise ship M.V. "Meteor" will visit Ardrossan on 23rd and 31st May and on 7th and 12th June.

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 1715 		ROWANOL (1947-1970 Coastal tanker and harbour oiler 231 feet long, pennant A284 of Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Own Page

Fleet Auxiliary ROWANOL leaves Ardrossan Dockyard after refit
Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London
Sailed from berthArdrossan Dockyard
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Draught aft on sailing12' 6"

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 1716 		SANTONA (1959-1967 General cargo ship 297 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's SANTONA leaves Famagusta (Cyprus) for Liverpool
Sailing forLiverpool (England)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthFamagusta (Cyprus)
Master of vessel on sailingCaptain A J Dougall

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		PRINSES IRENE (General cargo coaster) Own Page

PRINSES IRENE leaves Irvine Harbour light for Cardiff
Sailing forCardiff (South Wales)Port of RegistryNetherlands
Sailed from berthTown Quay, Irvine Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Reg Tonnage297
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Master of vessel on sailingShuitome ?
Ships agentJ K Campbell, Harbour Street, Irvine Harbour, Irvine, Scotland

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 1840 		GOODWILL (1958-1968 General cargo coaster 60m long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam) Own Page

GOODWILL leaves Ardrossan on her regular container service to Larne
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage288
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentAtlantic Steam Navigation, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage928

Sailing

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 2045 		SPANIEL (1955-1973 Coaster handling containers, trailers and flats, 224 feet long of Link Line/ Coast Line : 1981 Scrapped at Aviles, Spain) Own Page

SPANIEL leaves Ardrossan on her regular trailer service to Larne
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)
Outward cargoTrailers
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers

Arrival

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 2310 		SPES MAJOR (1961-1972 General cargo coaster 51.47 metres long of Bergsma & Leinenga, Delfzijl) Own Page

Dutch coaster SPES MAJOR arrives in Ardrossan to load steel plates for Dunkirk (France)
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryDelfzijl.((Holland)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour Reg Tonnage318
Master of vessel on arrivalL BergsmaGross Tonnage499
Draught aft on arrival8 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board

From 1948 to 1961 she was HOOP of J & H Damhof of Delfzijl, Netherlands, and was a relatively frequent visitor to Glasgow and the Clyde.

She was scrapped in Greece in 1989